David Gradinger collection

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

David Gradinger collection 

142 film negatives, 

Collection of black and white negatives taken by David Gradinger, donor's uncle, while serving under U.S. Army overseas at the end of the war; circa 1942. Images include soldiers dressed in Nazi uniforms posing in groups, often in militaristic settings such as tank/truck convoys, graves of newly buried soldiers, etc. Some images dated 1942 and set in familiar cities or bear signage indicating location such as"Belfor" (France) or"Ostern Russlam"